Box-car.



W 0. SMITH & G. H. BARBER.

BOX GAR.

APPLICATION IILBD JUNE 1a, 1913.

1,103,697, Patented July 14, 1914.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

WILLIAM C. SMITH, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND GEORGE H. BARBER, OF

OSAWATOMIE, KANSAS.

BOX-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914:.

Application filed June 13, 1913. Serial No. 773,507.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that We, WILLIAM C. SMITH andGEORGE E. BARBER, citizens of the United States, residing at Kansas Cityand Osawatomie, respectively, in the counties of Jackson and Miami,respectively, and States of Missouri and Kansas, respectively, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Box-Cars, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates generally to an improvement in box and other housecars and particularly to a combined siding and lining to be used in theconstruction of such cars to effectively prevent leakage from within orwithout, and to provide for relatively adjusting the sections of thesiding or lining in the event of shrinkage.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a sidingand a lining ea-ch constructed of boards having particularly formedjoining edges, with the joints of the lining breaking joint with thejoints of the siding, each board of both the siding and the lining beingconnected to a metal bracing Or structure of the sides and ends of thecar to provide for maintaining a close joint effect in both the sidingand lining under all conditions. j

The invention in its preferred form of details Will be described in thefollowing specification, reference being bad particularly to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of theside of the car constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 isavertical central section of the same.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, the improved siding1 is made up of a series of boards 2 extending longitudinally of theside or end of the car as the case may be, and formed on their meet ingedges to present a joint 3 having a portion 4 at right angles to thesurface of the siding and a forward port-ion 5 at a clownward andforward inclination to the portion 4. The joint thus provided presentsan upwardly inclined surface against the ingress of rain or snow andhence will effectively prevent leakage from without. The lining, whichis designed to fit snugly against the inner surface of the siding, iscomposed of independent board sections 6 corresponding generally inwidth to the boards of the structures overlie the siding, and theimproved siding and lining are secured to these bars by bolts 9, therebeing two bolts passed through each board of the siding, which by reasonof the similar width of the board of the siding and lining and theirbreak joint relation provides two bolts through each board of thelining.

In the construction described, it will be noted that by reason of thebreak joint and peculiar construction of the connections leakage isprevented from within or without, while at the same time a comparativelysmooth interior surface is presented to'avoid injury to the contents ofthe car.

What is claimed is A car wall including a siding and'a lining therefor,said siding and lining being each constructed of sections ofapproximately uniform width, joints of the siding sections being offsetwith respect to the joints of the lining sections, the lining and sidingbeing in contact throughout their lengths and breadths, the joint-sbetween the siding sections presenting an inner portion at right anglesto the surface of the siding and an outer portion inclined with respectto said surface, the joints between the lining sections being of thetongue and groove type.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WVILLIAM G. SMITH. GEORGE H. BARBER.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. STEWART, F. W. FoLTz.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

